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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331725 | System and method for monitoring unauthorized dissemination of documents and portable media A method for enforcing a distribution policy associated with an electronic document comprising the steps of: sending the document to an output device; determining said distribution policy associated with said document; instructing a marking module to embed a marking... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7300695 | Alignable diffractive pigment flakes Diffractive pigment flakes are selectively aligned to form an image. In one embodiment, flakes having a magnetic layer are shaped to facilitate alignment in a magnetic field. In another embodiment, the flakes include a magnetically discontinuous layer. In a particul... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7258915 | Flake for covert security applications Covert flakes having one or more symbols and/or a selected shape are used in a composition, such as ink or paint, to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the covert flakes are covert pigment f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241489 | Opaque flake for covert security applications Opaque flakes, such as pigment or bright flake used in paints and inks, have a selected shape and/or other indicia to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the opaque covert flakes match the vi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233924 | Method and system for submitting bids Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to submitting auction bids via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an appropriate sensing device. The sensing device communicates w... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7047883 | Method and apparatus for orienting magnetic flakes Apparatus and related methods align magnetic flakes in a carrier, such as an ink vehicle or a paint vehicle to create optically variable images in a high-speed, linear printing operation. Images can provide security features on high-value documents, such as bank not... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6899478 | Method and machine for card color printing A method for ribbon color thermal printing and encoding cards, particularly pre-paid, smart cards, chip cards, and the like is disclosed. The method includes the steps of detecting the printing ribbon color, controlling the thermal printing energy feed and driving t... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6869176 | Recording apparatus, and recording medium floating prevention member A recording apparatus is equipped with a recording head for performing recording on a conveyed recording medium by discharging liquid from a discharge opening array, and comprises a conveyor for conveying the recording medium, and a recording medium floating prevent... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6171002 | Magnetic reader and printer having the same A magnetic character reader capable of reading information recorded on a record sheet with an optional printer, the size of the magnetic character reader being reduced by use of a shortened record sheet transport passage. The magnetic character reader 50 ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5765474 | Hot stamping method and apparatus for photo film spool A photo film cassette has a spool about which photo film is wound. A data disk is disposed near to an axial end of a core of the spool. To record a bar code on the data disk in manufacturing the photo film cassette, a hot stamping apparatus includes at le... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5730533 | Apparatus and method for duplex printing A duplex printing system and a printing method which enables printing of the second side of substrate in any desired order is provided. The printing system includes a printing unit, a reader and a processing unit. In the first pass, the printing unit rece... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5489159 | Compact remote-driven encoder with deskewing roller assembly A remote-driven encoder which includes a feed tray assembly (12) and an autofeed roller assembly (14) which moves checks one at a time into a check guide path. A deskewing roller (46) moves the checks from the tray assembly (12) to the autofeed roller ass... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5474393 | Compact remote-driven encoder A remote-driven encoder which includes a feed tray assembly (12) and an autofeed roller assembly (14) which moves checks one at a time into a check guide path. The check is moved along the check guide path by first and second drive assemblies (16, 20). In... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5470160 | Check preparation method and apparatus incorporating check sum proof entry A check printing method and apparatus are disclosed. To reduce proofing obligations, the present disclosure sets out a check printing apparatus. The apparatus is enhanced to print the payee name, date and check sum. The check sum is printed in accordance ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5410136 | Apparatus and method for the xerographic printing and magnetic encoding of information cards A card assembly permits xerographic printing of information cards, such as identification or authorization cards. The card assembly comprises a carrier sheet having a cavity. An information card is detachably bonded within the cavity. The foregoing card a... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5281799 | Apparatus and method for the xerographic printing of information cards A card assembly permits xerographic printing of information cards, such as identification or authorization cards. The card assembly comprises a carrier sheet having a cavity. An information card is detachably bonded within the cavity. The foregoing card a... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5232293 | Device for the preparation of tickets The invention comprises: a magazine containing a continuous ticket stock web delimited by weakened lines; a station for applying magnetic inscriptions on a ticket; means for printing on a ticket; an issuing station; and an endless belt wound over rollers,... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5215383 | Ticket stock and ticket dispenser A continuous strip of ticket stock from which individual tickets can be separated includes an elongated strip of a ticket stock material and, at each preselected ticket-separation location, a collinear transversely extending perforation, bursting slot, an... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5040908 | Passbook printer with line find mechanism A passbook printer has a print head movable along a printing station and in opposed relation to a platen for printing data on the passbook. The printer has an optical reading head assembly which is movable independent of the print head and in a direction ... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4991983 | MICR encoder An electronic, programmable check encoder (10) having a check guide (14) capable of receiving a check to be encoded. A plurality of sensors (40,42,44,46) locate the position of the check in the check guide (14). Following determination of the position of ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4944616 | Passbook read/write mechanism A magnetic read/write head is supported on the carriage that carries the platen of a passbook printer. The passbook is moved to the printing station and a sensor is provided for detecting the presence of the passbook. A height adjusting member operates to... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4891240 | MICR character coating system This magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) character coating system makes use of the application of an inexpensive lubricant that is selectively applied to the document, solely in the area where the MICR characters are printed. The lubricant of choice... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4746233 | Automatic printing apparatus utilizing turnaround document Automatic printing apparatus wherein a single turnaround item-document is utilized as an initial source of intelligible information-data and thereafter by comparing certain of the data on the document with additional data inputted thereto by means of oper... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4704960 | Print assembly for magnetic and clear printing magnetic cards and the like This print assembly comprises a carousel element having circumferentially a plurality of support elements supporting each a stack of magnetic cards to be printed magnetically and in clear, actuators drivingly connected to and rotating the carousel element... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4624588 | Full field MICR encoder A check encoder (11) for printing of full field MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) codes on checks, includes a check guide (19) and means for sensing the position of the check (25,27) in the check guide (19). A pair of fixed roller assemblies (29,3... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4564303 | Nontiltable, straight line path ribbon cartridge shifting means for multicolor ribbon including MICR ink A printer for use with a data processor and a ribbon cartridge for use in the same are disclosed. The cartridge has at least two separate ribbon supplies which may differ in the type of ink on the ribbon (MICR vs. ordinary) and/or in color of ink or other... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4533596 | Thermal magnetic transfer ribbon A thermal magnetic transfer ribbon includes a substrate and a coating containing resin, oil and wax in a binder mix which is dispersed with a magnetic pigment in a solvent solution.... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4494127 | Apparatus and method for recording both machine-readable and printed information A device for recording both machine readable information and visible information on a recording member such as a time-card or ledger card or pass-book with a strip of magnetic record material on it. The device includes recording apparatus for recording ma... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4381705 | Modularized ticket handling system for use in automatic ticket preparation system A ticket handling system for use in a ticket preparation system that includes a signal processor for providing print signals to indicate information to be printed on the tickets and write signals to indicate information to be encoded on the tickets; a pri... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4232217 | Stepper motor drive for a mechanical camshaft A drive system for processing passbook data includes a bi-directional stepper motor responsive to programmed input signals, cam sets rotated by the stepper motor for initiating data sensing, document positioning, and data transfer operations, and cam foll... | 11/04/1980 |
| 3978964 | Magnetic head control assembly for a magnetic passbook printing system A printing apparatus is provided for printing on a document or bank passbook which has affixed thereto a magnetic stripe on which information with respect to the print operation is written and/or read by a magnetic head scanning assembly. The printing app... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3951251 | Document positioning means for printing apparatus A document positioning device is provided having a document holder or carrier which is driven by a stepper motor to position a document clamped therein for printing thereon. A row of light sources, e.g. light emitting diodes (LEDs) are pre-positioned and ... | 04/20/1976 |
